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Movies like Poltergeist 2015
Matched on how they feel, not on genre or who made them: the same pull on fourteen measures of character (tone, pace, scale, ambiguity and the rest), read from each title on Taste Buds. About Poltergeist
Movies closest to Poltergeist
Track of the Moon Beast 1976Also unpretentious, classical in form and effortless
Whispers in the Dark 1992Also classical in form, unpretentious and spare
Of Unknown Origin 1983Also unpretentious, classical in form and intimate
Out of Death 2021Also classical in form, unpretentious and spare
King of the Underworld 1939Also classical in form, unpretentious and resolved
Destination Murder 1950Also classical in form, unpretentious and resolved
R.L. Stine's Pumpkinhead 2025Also unpretentious, classical in form and effortless
The Deadly Bees 1966Also unpretentious, classical in form and resolved
Survival Quest 1989Also unpretentious, classical in form and resolved
Curious Caterer: Foiled Plans 2024Also classical in form, unpretentious and resolved
Witchboard 2 1993Also classical in form, unpretentious and effortless
Untamed Youth 1957Also classical in form, unpretentious and earnest
The same feel, in other forms
Books
Say Cheese and Die! 1992Also unpretentious, classical in form and spare
Stay Out of the Basement 1992Also unpretentious, classical in form and spare
The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb 1993Also classical in form, unpretentious and effortless
Games
Simple Story: Alex 2018Also unpretentious, classical in form and raw
Samurai Sword Destiny 2012Also classical in form, unpretentious and raw
The Curse of the Werewolves 2014Also unpretentious, classical in form and plot-driven
Series
Goosebumps 1995Also unpretentious, spare and classical in form
Harry O 1974Also classical in form, unpretentious and resolved
Crusoe 2008Also classical in form, unpretentious and earnest
Albums
- Dropkick Murphys / Ducky Boys 1996Also classical in form, unpretentious and resolved
- Radio, Radio, Radio 1993Also classical in form, unpretentious and resolved
- Evacuate 1982Also classical in form, unpretentious and resolved
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